The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-05-19
THE LATE der. %. q. HOE.
LAND'S OPINION.
"A Physician Climbing the E0t.
tOrial Stairs.

tUFAdA stairs.
The columns OF the newspapers an.
pear to be flooded with proprietary
medicine averusements. As we cosl
our eye over them, it brings to mind
an article that was published by the
late Dr. Holland in Scribner's Month
ly lie says; Nevertheless it is
TACT that many OF the best proprietary
medicines OF the day were more sue.
cesStul than many physicians, and
most OF them, it should be remember
ed, were at FIRST discovered or used in
actual medical practice, When, how
ever, any shrewd person. knowing
their virtue, and foresceing their pop.
uIarity, secures and advertises them
then, in the opinion Of the bigoted
all virtue went out of them.
Is not this absurd? This great man
appreciated the real merits Of popn.
lar remedies,and the obscurity of those
that derived them because pub
lic attention was called to the article
and the evidence of their cures If
the best noted physician should an.
nounce that he had made a study Of
any certain organ or disease Of the
body, or make his sign larger than tbe
code size, though he may have prac.
tlced medicine and been a leader in
all medical councils, Notwithstanding
all this, if he should presume to adyer,
tise and decline to give his discovery
to the public, he would be pronounc-
ed quack and humbug, although
he may have spent his entire life and
all his available funds in perfectipq
his investigations. Again we saw
absurd"
II an ulcer is found upon ones arm.
and is cured dy some dear soul of n
grandmother, outside of the code. it
Will be pronounced by the medical
profession as an ulcer of little impor-
tance. But ii treated under the code.
causing sleepless nights for month
with the scientific treatment viz
plasters, washes, dosing with morphine,
arsenic and other vile substances, given
to prevent blood poisoning or deadly
pain, and yet the ulcer becomes malig-
ant, and amputation is made neces-
sary at last, to save life, yet all done
according to the "isms" of the medi-
cal code, this is much more CRAFTY.
ing to the medical profession, and adds
more dignity to that distinguished
order than to be cured by the dear
| old grandmother's remedy.
This appears like severe arraign-
ment, yet we believe that it expresses
the true standing of the medical pro-
tession in regard to remedies discoy-
cred outside of their special "isms."
One OF the most perplexing things of
the day IS the popularity of certain
remedies, especially Warmers safe
cure, which we find for sale every
Fwhere. The physician of the highest
standing is ready to concede in its
merits and sustain the theories the
proprietors have made-that is, that it
benefits in most OF the ailments of the
human system because it assists in
putting the kidneys in proper condi-
ton, thereby aiding in throwing off
the impurities of the blood, while 9TH
, ers with less honesty and experience
deride, and are willing to see their pa
+ tent die scientifically, and according
9 to the code, rather than have him cured
| by this great remedy, But we notice
t that the popularity OF the medicine
/ continues to grow year by year. The
t discoverer comes boldly before the
, people with its merits, and proclaims
them from door to door in our opinion
much more honorably than the ply
: sician who, perchance, may secure u
patient from some catastrophe, and is
d permitted to set bone of an arm or
d a finger, which he does with great dig
I nifty, yet very soon after takes the lib
n erty to climb the EDITORS back stairs
IS at ? O'Clock in the morning to have it
announced in the morning paper that
a CDR. So-and-So was in attendance,
is and thus secures for his benefit beau
d tiful and free advertisement We
X shall leaveit to our readers to say which
d is the wisest and most honorable.
10 Mrs Grant is improveing rapidly
n from a severe attact of diptheria
10 "I see that bacteria have been dis.
covered in Hudson river ice observ.
r ed Fangle.
Iy "Ah" replied his wife, "that vii
le be another excuse forraising the price
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